Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has red hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the south to a Spy, Hoshû learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a beggar again

Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1800 sp. Red spinel (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Addict, Insane, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp. Pink pearl (50 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Oriel hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oriel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 70 gp.